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Title: Steve Jones Pylon Strike
Post by: KD303 on June 09, 2007, 10:40:26 AM

Did anyone see this? A scarey moment during the Red Bull series in Utah.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtQljBvYD74&mode=related&search= (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtQljBvYD74&mode=related&search=)

and this
.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJG_YEnaWBs&mode=related&search= (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJG_YEnaWBs&mode=related&search=)


 I saw it on UK TV (couldn't find a link to that) which included an interview with him afterwards. He lost SA by glancing into his cockpit (!). The female interviewer on Ch4 UK,  gave him a huge hug and they clung on to eachother for a good long while

Thanks to whoever uploaded those.

Title: Steve Jones Pylon Strike
Post by: 68ZooM on June 09, 2007, 10:43:41 AM

linky no worky

Title: Steve Jones Pylon Strike
Post by: KD303 on June 09, 2007, 10:53:40 AM

Sould be working now.

Title: Steve Jones Pylon Strike
Post by: cpxxx on June 09, 2007, 11:56:05 AM

They are designed to be hit. I think it happens often enough. However I think the real scare was just how low he was when did hit the pylon.  Looking at it I believe he only just avoided the ground, hitting the pylon was the least of his worries.  In fact it may even have helped a bit because he had some bank on as he hit, any yaw induced by the impact might have helped pick up the wing.

Watching the Red Bull series I often wonder how long it will be before someone goes in after a microsecond loss of SA. They work to very tight margins.

Title: Steve Jones Pylon Strike
Post by: KD303 on June 10, 2007, 04:11:19 AM

Of course they're designed to be hit! Only not 3 feet from the ground! They are covered in a reinforcing webbing around the base. Steve hit the bit your not supposed to hit and bust the spat on his starboard U/C. My point was more about the height rather than the hit (misleading title perhaps), but having said that, ploughing right through the pylon was a fairly radical manoeuver, which I don't suppose is in the pilots manual.

He had just pulled over 9G in the previous turn. These guys are frequently pulling very high G turns just feet above the ground but fortunately, incidents like this one are extremely rare. They are rather good though aren't they? What a place to lose SA though!

Title: no need for concern
Post by: storch on June 10, 2007, 07:07:56 AM

the ground was designed to be hit as well.  as a child I remember seeing old war movies where the sarge always said to his men "hit the dirt",  when we played "army"  we would also hit the dirt often.  the dirt never did look too much worse for the wear irrespectively of how many times we or anyone else hit it.

Title: Steve Jones Pylon Strike
Post by: CyranoAH on June 10, 2007, 09:07:37 AM

I have a vídeo of the pylon collision tests... the worst case scenario is if some of the fabric gets tangled and breaks the airflow over the wing.

Daniel